Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28739, Joseph Gannett, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Gannett, Joseph
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 28739
CONTENTS

3257 3258 New York
Joseph Gannett of La Fayette in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Leonard — in the Massachusetts line for 14 Months — " " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Decr. 1832 — " — " — and Lieut. Col. John H. Hale Paymaster
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $69.99 Semizant. allowance ending 4 th Mr. '33 23.33 $93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 92

admitted
14 mo
$46.66

State of New York Onondaga County p 3 On this twentieth day of September 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before Daniel Mosely Esq. Vice Chancellor of the Fourth Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery held for said State at the Town and County of Onondaga Joseph Gannett a resident of the Town of La Fayette in said County and State aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law deposits on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the Town of Houghton Suffolk County Massachusetts the 26 th day of September 1759 That he has a record of his age in his bible at his residence which was copied from the Town record of Houghton aforesaid That he resided at Houghton un- til about the first of June 1775 when he entered the service of the United States as a Substitute for Josiah Cory who had enlisted as a private in Captain Samuel Payson's Company in Colonel Leonards Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops (Infantry), and joined the Company at Lynn- near Boston The name of his Lieutenant was Enoch Ewing and his Ensign was Royal Collock That he continued in said service near the Town of Boston until the first of Jan- uary 1776 at which time he was discharged with his Company at Lynn aforesaid hav- ing served seven months being the residue of the term for which the said Josiah Cory had engaged

During this Campaign he was in no engagement not being with the main army, only one company commanded by Captain Coble was stationed at Squantum besides his own. — while at Squantum was the battle of Bunker Hill General Howe having succeeded Gage in the command of the British forces at Boston —
2 That about the first of March 1778 at Sharan in Suffolk County aforesaid he enlisted for two months in Captain James Endicott's Com- pany and Col. Rids Regiment of infantry Massachusetts troops (as he supposed) That he im- mediately marched with the company to Rox- bury near Boston where he remained in service during the time of his said engagement Guarding the fortifications at that place and was dismissed with the rest of the company Same time in the month of May 1778 the place was subsequently guarded by Continental troops That in the month of July 1779 he enlisted at Sharan aforesaid for five months in Captain Stephen Pinniman's company in Col. Ebenezer Francis Regiment of infantry, Massachusetts state troops, The Lieutenants name was Josephus Wildes and Nathaniel Conny was Ensign That he marched to Dorchester Hill where he joined the company & was mustered immediately after his enlistment, and remained there dur- ing the time of his engagement fortifying the place and was dismissed with his company Same time in the month of December 1779 — During the time aforesaid the whole of Col. Francis Regiment were stationed at Dorchester and took the place of the regular troops who were marched to New York. That he became acquainted with no Continental officers of Con- sideration during his service nor being stationed where he was, but saw General Washington at Roxbury in the year 1775. That while in the two months service at Roxbury in the spring of 5

1778 saw General Benjamin on his way from Cambridge to Boston as a prisoner, a number of Gentlemen were with him but don't know their names. That he resided at Sharon aforesaid being the place where he was born (the name of the town having been altered) until the year 1806 when he moved to Poughkeepsie Orange County and State of New York where he lived until the year 1824 when he moved to his present place of Residence. The Town of La Fayette aforesaid That he never received any written discharge from the Service, being verbally discharged at the expiration of his enlistment engagements. That he has no documentary evidence of such service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he is known in his present neighborhood to Abiel Davis Esquire and Samuel Shepard both of La Fayette aforesaid who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the State of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } Joseph Gannett
Daniel Mosely
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
We Abiel Davis a Justice of the Peace of the Town of La Fayette in the County of Orange and a residing in said Town and Samuel Shepard residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Gannett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 73

years of age. That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed } Miss Davis the day and year aforesaid } Samuel Shepard Daniel Mosley Conc't Judge
2471 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that no Clugymen with whom the said applicant is acquainted resides in his immediate neighborhood and that it appears to them that Estelle Davis who has signed the pending Certificate is a sister of the peer and that he and the said Samuel Shepard who has also signed the same are residents in the town of La Fayette and County of Ouachita aforesaid and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor

In the matter of Joseph Gannett an applicant for a pension.
And the said Joseph Gannet, who again appeared before the Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit in the State of New York, and being duly sworn saith that the reason why he did not obtain a Clergyman to testify to his reputation of having been a Soldier in the Revo- lution, is as follows, that he resides at a considerable distance from a place of Public Religious Worship, and that there is no Clergyman residing in his neighborhood of any denomi- nation whatever, and he is not so sufficiently acquainted with or to any Clergyman who can testify to such reputation.
Joseph Gannett
I do hereby certify that on this 30 th day of November 1832 personally appeared before me Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit in the State of New York and subscribed and was duly sworn to the above deposition. Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor

I Daniel T. Morseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify, that, the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Gannett for a pension — And also the subsequent proceedings of the said Court on a subsequent application made the 30 th day of November 1832 —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 30 th day of November one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
Daniel T. Morseley Deputy Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section NF/cel
January 2, 1930
Cemeterial Branch Office of the Adjutant General War Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28739, it appears that Joseph Gan nett was born September 26, 1759, at Stoughton, now Sharon, Massachusetts.
While residing in Sharon, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
From January 1, 1775, to January 1, 1776, in Captain Samuel Payson's Company, Colonel Leonard's Regiment; from March 1, 1778, to May, 1778, in Captain James Endicott's Company, Colonel Read's Regiment; from July, 1779, to December, 1779, in Captain Stephen Penniman's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
No family data

REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension as shown in this Bureau. Joseph Gannett No. 28739
1832
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1. 1775 Jany 1. 1776 Pvt. Samuel Payson Leonard Mass.   Feb. 1. 1778 May 1778 James Endicott Reed   July 1779 Dec. 1779 Stephen Remond Ebenezer Francis  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment at Sharon (which was formerly Stoughton) Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 12. 1832. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Lafayette, Onondaga Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born at Stoughton (Sharon) Mass. Sept. 26. 1759.
Remarks: OK

Request for Joseph Gannett mass roll - all slips returned as requested. Aew

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
Dec. 19 1929.
MEMORANDUM TO:
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
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Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
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The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
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The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.

v. J. N. Mills Rev. Sec,
Redfield Kansas. July 17-1916
Pension Department (Bureau of information)
Washington D. C.
I wish to obtain the military record of the following Revolutionary soldiers
William Hall - Settled some time after the war in Windham Co Vermont,
Joseph Gannett, Lived for a time near Stonington Connecticut - but later moved to Onondaga Co New York, near Salina - and within driving distance from Syracuse.

Joseph Davison, Settled in Connecticut - I do not know the name of the town or county
I would appreciate the record of any or all of them very much. Address Spicy M. Davison. Redfield, Kansas,

Mancom, Iowa.
March 15, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
If the Pension records contain the military history of Joseph Gannett a Rev. War soldier please send me a copy of same.
Joseph Gannett was born in Sharon Mass. in 1759 died in Cardiff N.Y. in 1840.
He served in Capt. Gannin's Co.

Col. Francis Leigh.
Also as private in Capt. James Coydicut's Co. Col. Wm. W. Intosh's Regt.
Residence Stoughtonham which has since been changed to Sharn.
This record is wished for to prove eligibility to the Society of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for your trouble I remain,
Respect. Yours, Miss Addie M. Potter,
Registrar Nansemond Chapter D. A. R. Nansemond Naglee Co. Box 101.

28 739 Rev INVALID.
1911 Mch. 24 Hist. To Miss Addie M. Potter. V.L.M. 1916 July 26 Hist. To Lucy M. Davis 1930 Jan. 2 Tombstone Data Cemeterial Br. Cens.
File No. 28 739
Joseph Gannett His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index: —Vol. 9 , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]